Chapter 26: Handsome Guy, Let Me Get a Ride
In the end, Mu Yi still followed Xiao Xi to the brand store. She picked out a men’s striped suit, a striped tie, and a pair of small leather shoes.
While she was walking around the men’s section, Xiao Xi, the designer, and the staff all looked at her with confusion.
Xiao Xi even called her boss to complain a little.
She was truly the strangest girl he had ever met.
No exception.
She didn’t want pretty dresses, but instead wandered happily around the men’s clothing area.
Gu Zhiren seemed a bit surprised when he heard this and smiled as he asked, “Is it really that strange?”
Xiao Xi felt helpless.
After going back and forth, by the time Mu Yi returned home, it was already 1 PM.
She was lying on the sofa again, resting her chin on her left hand, flipping through a printed comic with her right hand. Her legs rested on the armrest, swinging lightly.
The comic was “Love in a Cage.”
One of Xiaoyu Lanshan’s works from her “imprisonment” series, filled with many detailed scenes that usually wouldn’t pass online review.
The versions online were all edited.
But Mu Yi had read the uncut version from the beginning. Simply put, she was an old fan of Xiaoyu Lanshan.
“I have to get Teacher to sign it for me, hehe~”
Mu Yi narrowed her eyes with a smile as she muttered.
After reading for a while, she started to feel a bit sleepy. She lazily stretched, then picked up her phone.
“Huh? It’s already 2:40? Oh no!”
She quickly got up from the sofa, hurriedly fixed her clothes, and ran out of the apartment.
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In the parking area downstairs, Gu Zhiren had come again to check on the renovation work.
The weather was clear and pleasant.
But just as he got out of the car, he saw a white-haired girl in a striped suit running down the stairs in a hurry. Her steps were uneven, as if her sore butt and twisted ankle were still bothering her.
Gu Zhiren frowned slightly without realizing it and narrowed his eyes, watching her messy state with a faint smile, but he didn’t say anything.
However, the girl seemed to notice him. As she passed a plane tree with a few falling leaves, she suddenly stopped, turned around, and came back.
“You!”
Mu Yi stopped in front of him. Her loosely tied high ponytail swayed gently in the wind.
“What is it?”
Gu Zhiren didn’t hide the smile on his lips at all.
“I’m going to be late. Let me get a ride, take me to Xinhai Hotel!”
Hearing this, Gu Zhiren moved his lips, about to refuse.
But before he could speak, Mu Yi quickly ran to the passenger side, opened the door, and sat inside. Her expression suddenly changed and became a bit stiff.
Her injured butt got rubbed again, it hurt!
Gu Zhiren looked at her with some surprise. Although he wasn’t very willing to drive her, he didn’t say anything and returned to the driver’s seat with a slightly unhappy look.
“Hurry up.”
Hearing her urge him, he frowned impatiently and glanced at her.
But when he saw how anxious she looked, he unconsciously held back his irritation, started the car, though his lips still turned slightly downward.
“Don’t look like I did something bad to you, okay? If you hadn’t sent your assistant to deliver clothes, I wouldn’t be late at all.”
Mu Yi said confidently.
Hearing this, Gu Zhiren stayed silent and didn’t bother to respond.
“What should I do… I finally get to meet her once, and now I’m late. Will I still make it in time…?”
Listening to the girl’s constant muttering, Gu Zhiren couldn’t help glancing at her again. He also remembered what his sister mentioned last night, and a slight hint of dislike appeared in his eyes.
He felt quite speechless about her lack of time awareness.
Not long after leaving the residential area, a phone ringtone suddenly rang.
It was Mu Yi’s phone.
“Hello?”
She answered the call, lowering her voice to something closer to her original male tone. A gentle smile slowly appeared on her face.
“Dad? Why are you calling suddenly… huh? Me? I’m still at school right now!”
She spoke as if stating a fact, her expression calm, the smile on her face growing wider.
“Tuition? Don’t worry, Dad, I can handle it myself. And I’ve joined the student union too. The president said I can try to run for president next year.”
Gu Zhiren glanced at her, listening to her string of lies. Soon, she used the excuse that the student union had been very busy lately to politely refuse the other side’s request to meet.
For a moment, he felt a strange sense of familiarity, but he didn’t think too much about it.
“When will you fix your habit of lying, and be able to keep your novel updates going without someone watching you?”
Gu Zhiren asked with a faint smile.
“Huh?”
Mu Yi tilted her head to look at him. The smile on her face faded, and a trace of displeasure appeared.
“Who am I bothering by lying? And about the novel updates, you’re the strange one. Why are you interfering so much, and even so actively?”
Hearing this, Gu Zhiren stayed silent. He could explain that it was because he promised Gu Anran, but he didn’t bother to.
As he turned the steering wheel, he noticed from the corner of his eye that there was a small leaf on her head. After thinking for a moment, he didn’t say anything, planning to let her notice it herself.
Xinhai Hotel was located in the city center, quite far from Coral Residential Area.
By the time they arrived at the hotel entrance, half an hour had passed.
Mu Yi hurried to get out of the car. Since the editor was still working at the company at this time, she would be meeting the comic artist alone today. That was exactly why she dared to come so boldly.
After all, they had never met before.
But before she could open the door, Gu Zhiren suddenly called out to her.
She was about to turn around and ask what he wanted.
At that moment, Gu Zhiren leaned closer to her, making Mu Yi freeze.
As the distance between them got smaller, she leaned back toward the car door, but soon had nowhere to retreat. Her clear eyes widened, her lips pressed together, and her chest rose and fell with her quickening breath.
Gu Zhiren lowered his gaze slightly, his expression calm. He noticed her eyes trying to avoid his.
With a bit of curiosity, he looked into her eyes. Then he slowly raised his hand. As his fingers neared her fair cheek, she seemed to hold her breath for a moment. Her cheeks puffed slightly, her face turned red, and her eyes widened even more.
Looking into her eyes, her long eyelashes trembled lightly, and he raised his eyelids slightly.
A small ripple passed through his calm heart, but he didn’t pay much attention to it. Still looking at her, he reached out and removed the small leaf from her white hair.
“Your hand.”
As he spoke, Gu Zhiren moved back, creating some distance. Seeing her obediently stretch out her left hand, a small smile appeared on his lips. Then he placed the leaf into her palm.
“Take it. Get out of the car.”
Uh…
Mu Yi stared at the leaf in her palm, stunned for a moment before suddenly coming back to her senses. She quickly pushed open the door and walked fast toward the hotel, almost like she was running away.
She nearly tripped on the way.
Gu Zhiren watched her silently. A playful smile appeared on his handsome face, clearly enjoying the scene.
After seeing her enter the hotel, he reached out to close the passenger door.
But just then, a sexy-looking woman walked up to his car window on the driver’s side as if she knew him.
“Hey handsome, I’m in a hurry. Can I get a ride?”
Hearing this, Gu Zhiren raised an eyebrow with a faint smile.
The woman leaned forward slightly on purpose, giving him a flirtatious look.
“I’ll give you a tip. If you want, I can give you myself too~”
Gu Zhiren smiled silently, then calmly rolled up the window.
His expression turned cold. He drove away immediately.
Leaving the woman behind, muttering angrily to herself.